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Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)

Xi's efforts to revive Silk Road trade routes riddled with impediments

The initiative was enshrined in the Communist Party's constitution at a key congress in October.

12 Nov 2017 4:08 PM IST

China to establish 3 international courts to deal with BRI disputes

The Chinese Supreme People's Court will set up international courts in Beijing, Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province...

27 Jan 2018 2:28 PM IST

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Macron wants strategic Paris-Delhi-Canberra axis amid Pacific tension

'We're not naive: if we want to be seen and respected by China as an equal partner, we must organise ourselves,' Macron...

3 May 2018 12:16 PM IST

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Silk Road: China's new battleground

Beijing's threat to Taiwan is a routine breakfast-lunch-tea-dinner syndrome.

28 March 2017 4:37 AM IST

Archaeologists will use DNA tests to find out the mans ethnicity and identity, said Xin Feng. (Photo: Representational/AP)

China unearths 1,700-year-old mummy on Silk Road

The face looks calm and hands are crossed above the abdomen. It is being cared for by Haixi Prefectural Museum of...

30 Jun 2017 5:19 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP)

Amid Beijing's 'Silk Road' splurge, Chinese firms eye Pakistan

Beijing vowed to plough $57 billion into a new trade route across the South Asian nation.

3 Feb 2017 9:37 AM IST

London is the 15th city to be linked to a new freight network offered by the state-run China Railway Corporation. (Photo: AFP)

First freight train linking UK to China covers 12,000km in 20 days

The route is longer than Russia's Trans-Siberian railway, but about 1,000 kilometres shorter than the record-holding...

30 April 2017 10:55 AM IST